Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) is out with its monthly sales figures for November.  The gains are very high on the surface.  Asia/Pacific and the EMEA (Euro, Africa, Miidle-East) saw an acceleration...
Verizon Wireless, a JV between Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone (VOD) appears to be vying with Sprint (S) over rights to distribute new handsets loaded with the Google (GOOG) mobile OS and goodies like the...
This morning there have been earnings reports from key industrial and defense stocks from the likes of 3M Co. (NYSE: MMM), Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), and Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:...
Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) reported some absolutely atrocious numbers for its January orders on deliveries for its machinery and engines lines of business.  This equipment is mostly sold through...
It is actually looking pretty thin out there in the land of analyst upgrades.  These are the few upgrades and positive research calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning with about...
An unusually large block of call contracts in Caterpillar has been sold.
Recent earnings reports from machinery makers Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE:CAT) and Deere & Co. (NYSE:DE) have been weak, but getting better. Caterpillar reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2009 earnings...
Caterpillar (CAT) has been up big lately, especially for a stodgy industrial the likes of CAT.  It’s name has been dropped incessantly in the past few days when analysts talk about the “big...
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of Adolor Corporation (NASDAQ: ADLR), Bank of America Corporation...
These are today’s unusual options trading patterns seen late in the afternoon.  We have provided links over to VSInvestor.com for more details on each situation: There have been two large...
Slowing global economic growth is cutting into sales of heavy construction and farming equipment in what were the world’s fastest growing markets: China and India. The impact on U.S. makers like...
Apple’s beat Wall St. consensus figures by posting earnings per share of $1.35 compared to Wall St. expectations of $1.17. The company also produced revenue of $8.33 billion, up 12% from last year....